The 3 of us ran around the corner of the building. "Did we lose them?" Lieutenant Miller asked in a hushed voice, also exhausted from the continuous running.
"I think, but one of those grunts saw us running around here, I think. "I answered, breathing heavily. Quickly after that, I heard a Brute make a loud noise. "We need to move."
I don't like my bodies decaying, but I'm also not a picky eater. Besides, it was the only human body I could find for ages. Something about the body of a human was so delicious. As I was eating into the rotting human corpse, I could hear footsteps coming from my right, human for sure. I flew off into an alleyway, and I fit myself into the waste and trash lying around, so they couldn't see me. One, two, then three Humans came running around the corner. The sangheili talk about the humans a lot. They talk about how much they hate humans. But I never liked the sangheili myself. So if the humans don't either, they can't be all that bad. I mean, I've never really seen one alive outside of combat before now.
"We can't keep running. They're going to catch up to us." Major Rodney exclaimed.
One of the Humans began to talk. In a panicked voice, they all looked panicked. I kept hiding.
I knew that. I don't think we could keep running. We had to hide. We had to - "What if we had something to distract them?" Lt. Miller asked, cutting off my thought.
"But what would we use?" I questioned without thinking about what he really meant.
Maj. Rodney got a good look at me. I got a little nervous. Right after I said that, I realized I was the lowest ranked member of us three, a Private.
"I'm sorry." He said. He hit me in my forehead with his gun, he knocked me over.
"That should buy us some time." Lt. Miller said. Maj. Rodney nodded, looked at me, then the two of them ran off. I went unconscious, having no time to react, or think.
I couldn't believe my eyes. Did one of the Humans just leave another do die? I've seen races turn against each other in the Covenant before, but betrayal between the same? This is crazy. I un-hid myself, then shortly flew over to the unconscious human. He didn't look very old. And he's also not dead. Why did the Covenant hate the humans so much? Of what I've seen of them they've not done anything wrong. As I thought to myself I heard a Jiralhanae begin to approach. Ugh. The one race I hated more than the Sangheili. I grabbed the soldier, then flew off into a building's 3rd story window.
I set the human on the floor, facing upwards. Just as he was outside. I then fitted myself onto the roof, taking one more look at the human. Then I went off into a nap.
I woke up. I was in a building. Had I been captured by a Brute? For torture? I was afraid to look around. So I continued to lay on the ground for a bit more. After awhile, I couldn't handle it anymore. I lifted up my head and looked around. The room was empty, exhaling with relief. Except – wait. What's that on the roof?
I heard shuffling below me. It had waken me up. I un-curled myself from the ball I was in, then look down to see the human had woken up. He looked at me, confused. But not hostile. This was comforting, not having a problem right away.
A drone, There was nothing in this room, except a drone. Another creature of the Covenant. They sort of look like beetles, that stand like humans do. He just sat there, on the roof, looking at me. It was strange, him looking at me was somehow comforting. Did he save me from out on the street? But why would he have done that?
The human kept looking at me, perhaps deep into thought. Understandable, I did save him from certain death, or perhaps worse. We are enemies, or so I'm told. He then scratched his head. I didn't want him to think he was looking at the one who was going to kill him. I scratched my head too, just as the human did. He tilted his head, confused. I did the same.
The drone was mimicking my actions. It was pretty funny, actually. I guess that meant he wasn't like the others. He must of been the one who saved me. But I kept wondering why. Why did he save me? I didn't get it. At this point, I knew he wasn't going to hurt me without good reason. So I relaxed, and stood up.
The human started to stand, and looked around the room. I got off the ceiling and gained my footing on the floor. I noticed the human dropped his weapon. Was it a good idea to hand it to him and have him shoot me as soon as I did? I'll never know until I do it. I leaned down, grabbed the human's firearm, then walked up to the human. I held out the weapon, for him to take.
He handed me my weapon. Surly he wouldn't want me to have my weapon if he was going to kill me, or had captured me. I took my weapon, and I held it for a couple seconds. The drone started to look more nervous as I kept holding it. Maybe he thought I was thinking of shooting him. So I quickly holstered my gun.
This put my mind at ease. I gave the human full opportunity to shoot me, and he didn't. I felt a friendship start to bloom out of this. A very odd friendship.